How do I reboot Linux with Nouveaux turned off ?? [View all]

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I have been trying to install an Nvidia driver (provided as a .run file) and it's thrown one error message after another at me. I've tried three different installs of Linux (Lubuntu, Scientific Linux, Linux Mint) and none works. Lubuntu lets me login to root if I choose "recovery mode" on startup but for some reason that doesn't work either. Nvidia provides three different sets of instructions, each of which fails in some fairly unique way. I've checke that my card is compatible. I've checked that Linux is compatible. I've checked that gcc is installed. But I still can't get it to run if X windows is running.

ETA: OK, I've figured out how to do that. But now when it try to run the installer (sudo sh NVIDIA...etc.) it tells me that Nouveaux is runnng, and must be turned off. I removed Nouveaux in the Package Manager *and* installed the config file as suggested in the installer and it **STILL** tells me that Nouveaux !

Is there anyone, anywhere on the planet, who has actually installed Nvidia drivers on a Linux system ??? If so HOW DID THEY DO IT ??